Juicing

I just bought a Jack laLane juicer at Costco.  Looking forward to figuring out how and what to juice before my upcoming surgery.  My Son bought this same juicer and loves it, and he said it's easy to clean.  BONUS!!

Terri

Keep in mind that many surgeons advise against drinking any calories except protein supplements, that fruits can be high in sugar, and that both fruits and veggies can be high in carbs, so you may want to limit how much you use it.

Lora

The most useful component for you after surgery in fruits and veggies is the fibre and with juicing - that's mostly gone!   Juicing fruits is like eating pure sugar ...

I can count the glasses of juice I've had since surgery on one hand - dump city for me and sooooo not worth the calories - I prefer to eat mine  ...

I can count on one hand the amount of juice I have had in 14 months since surgery.   Even things that are considered healthy prior to surgery are not the same after for WLS patients.  Because fruit has alot of sugar even though it's natural we tend to not consume alot of fruit.  Hopefully you will be given or told what your food program will allow as you progress along after WLS.  If not please research as much you can.  I don't know if you were required to take any classes or not.  Every policy is so different.  Best of luck.  Jane

Thanks for the advice - I thought I would be juicing and drinking alot of my calories.  I still have alot to learn, but am going to take this juicer back.  Glad I posted before I opened it - you all save me some $$ - now on to vitamin purchases.  Have learned alot here about what is good and what type of schedule to get on.  Whew - I guess vitamins will be my new best friend.  LOL

I have a ton of friends (all who know I've had surgery) who do juicing.  They have all tried to get me to do it or suggested in on more than one occasion.  I have since educated them on why juicing can actually be bad for you (even without surgery) and why it is particularly bad for you post surgery.  Everyone things juice is so healthy when in fact it is basically like drinking straight sugar!  Why do you think they suggest that diabetics drink it when they are having a hypoglycemic episode?  I can't say I've stopped anyone from juicing but many of my friends have started eating protein with their juice in order to slow the digestion of the sugar and everyone has stopped asking me about doing it or trying to get me to start.

This is a big reason I was completely open about my surgery.  Everyone has a friend of a friend of a friend who has tried this amazing fad diet that helped them loose all their excess weight.  Truthfully I was tired of hearing about all the fads and having to explain why this one and that one didn't work or why said "friend" was going to gain all the weight back, etc.  I would rather be a catalyst for my friends to learn more about healthy eating and healthy weight loss than to keep them in the dark about how I'm losing the weight.

Good luck with everything post surgery.  This board has been really helpful.  Just remember, there are a lot of options out there for each phase of the diet after surgery.  It doesn't have to be boring or monotonous.